AMD FirePro M8900 vs NVIDIA Tesla C2050

What is the difference between AMD FirePro M8900 and NVIDIA Tesla C2050. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

BlackcombGPU NameGF100
Blackcomb XT GLModel numberGF100-850-A3
TeraScale 2ArchitectureFermi
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
1,700 millionTransistors3,100 million
212 mm²Die Size529 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 12th, 2011Release DateJul 25th, 2011
FirePro Mobile
(Mx900)
FamilyTesla
(x20xx)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus384 bit
115.2 GB/sBandwidth144.0 GB/s

Performance

21.76 GPixel/sPixel fillrate16.07 GPixel/s
32.64 GTexel/sTexture fillrate32.14 GTexel/s
1,306 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,028 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock750 MHz
3 Gbps effective
680 MHzGPU Clock574 MHz

Render Config

960Shading Units448
48TMUs56
32ROPs48
8 KB (per CU)L1 Cache64 KB (per SM)
512 KBL2 Cache768 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
75 WThermal design power (TDP)238 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.4OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model5.1